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NCLEX Nutrition
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
2.5 cups
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
can consume more calories without weight gain
2. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vitamin K
protein
low albumin levels < 3.4
3. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
hemoglobin
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
4. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
liver and intestinal synthesis
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
one tspn salt or less
B and C
5. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
transferrin
hemorrhage
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
6. When does BMR decrease?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
antioxidant - immune function
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
7. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
one week period
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
apple is higher risk than a pear
8. What is normal albumin levels?
prealbumin levels
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
9. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
one week period
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
rickets - osteomalacia
B and C
10. Fats can lead to some medical problems
18-25
fat soluble vitamins
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
11. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
protein
6 oz. a day
protein
starches - sugars - and cellulose
12. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
one tspn salt or less
antioxidant - immune function
2.5 cups
fats
13. What is the function of vitamin C?
5.5 ounces/day
500 cal/day
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
B and C
14. What function is vitamin A?
protein
trans fatty acid
4 calories/gram
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
15. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
can consume more calories without weight gain
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
16. What does DASH stand for?
trans fatty acid
decrease in total lymphocyte count
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
17. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
can consume more calories without weight gain
starches - sugars - and cellulose
500 cal/day
18. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
4 calories/gram
B and C
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
19. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
20. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
liver and intestinal synthesis
B and C
dairy and fortified foods
protein and fat
21. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
B and C
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
protein
22. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
TPN total parenteral nutrition
low albumin levels < 3.4
23. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
24. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
rickets - osteomalacia
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
25. Sources of fats
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
transferrin
carrots and sweet potatoes
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
26. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
TPN total parenteral nutrition
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
apple is higher risk than a pear
pregnant women or elderly
27. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
2 cups
apple is higher risk than a pear
one tspn salt or less
B and C
28. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
rickets - osteomalacia
protein
dietary approach to stop hypertension
29. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
fat soluble vitamins
500 cal/day
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
30. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
dark green - orange - drybeans
low albumin levels < 3.4
31. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
essential amino acids
low albumin levels < 3.4
antioxidant - immune function
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
32. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
diet recall
one tspn salt or less
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
500 cal/day
33. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
500 cal/day
dark green - orange - drybeans
one tspn salt or less
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
34. What is the function of vitamin E?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
hemorrhage
transferrin
antioxidant - immune function
35. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
cream cheese - cream or butter
hemoglobin
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
36. What is normal BMI?
18-25
decrease in total lymphocyte count
review of systems
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
37. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
3 cups
38. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vitamin C - citrus fruits
fats
6 oz. a day
39. Where can you get more vitamin D?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
fat soluble vitamins
fats
dairy and fortified foods
40. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
one tspn salt or less
albumin levels
41. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
5.5 ounces/day
diet recall
42. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
18-25
43. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
prealbumin levels
decrease in total lymphocyte count
cream cheese - cream or butter
44. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
review of systems
pregnant women or elderly
2 cups
45. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
low albumin levels < 3.4
milk - enriched grains
trans fatty acid
46. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
hemoglobin
carrots and sweet potatoes
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
apple is higher risk than a pear
47. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
one week period
prealbumin levels
500 cal/day
48. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
one week period
vitamin C - citrus fruits
dark green - orange - drybeans
49. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
hemoglobin
2 cups
pregnant women or elderly
50. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
liver and intestinal synthesis
cream cheese - cream or butter